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Sensor Electronic Technology Inc (SETI) Columbia, SC, USA has been awarded a $475,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop point-of-use (POU) drinking water disinfection systems based on deep ultraviolet LEDs (DUV LEDs).

The U.S. current-account deficit the combined balances on trade in goods
and services, income, and net unilateral current transfers increased to $123.3 billion (preliminary) in the second quarter of 2010, from $109.2 billion (revised) in the first quarter of 2010. The increase was the...

Meko, the European display specialist, and DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting, today announced that online registration has opened for their upcoming DisplayForum 2010 conference.

(North Carolina State University) NC State recently received a four-year, $3.5 million grant to explore using artificial intelligence as a learning tool inside fourth- and fifth-grade science classrooms. Artificial intelligence is the science of giving computers human-like abilities to...

The sixth meeting of the Forum on Tax Administration was held 15-16 September, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey where tax commissioners met to discuss a range of issues associated with administering tax systems in the current climate.

Lottery games supplier Scientific Games Corp. said Thursday that a joint venture with Gtech Corp. has been chosen as the Illinois Lottery's private manager.Northstar Lottery Group LLC, which Scientific Games has a 20 equity stake in, will serve as manager for a 10-year term. The company will be...

Motorola Inc. on Thursday said it has acquired Aloqa GmbH, a German developer of location-based software for smart phones.Schaumburg-based Motorola didn't say how much it paid. Aloqa was privately held and based in Munich.Aloqa's software works on most smart phones, including ones running...

Microsoft Corp. kicked off the Tokyo Game Show Thursday by unveiling plans to help Japanese game makers — recently seen as insular and lagging overseas competitors — to aggressively pursue a bigger share of the global market.In a keynote address, Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's games...